did the jury see the video ? it was made to sound that the video wasn’t released until after the jury verdict.
Not all the video was shown until AFTER the trial...What a travesty!
As per wikipedia:
Shaver’s wife and her lawyer requested that the Mesa Police Department release bodycam footage of the event.[citation needed] The request for the bodycam footage was initially refused. In a recording released by Shaver’s wife, purportedly of a meeting between her and Maricopa County prosecutors, she was told that she could watch the video only if she agreed not to discuss its contents with the press.[2] Prosecutors and defense attorneys in Brailsford’s murder trial asked that the bodycam footage be sealed. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers granted the motion to seal the footage.[10]
External video Brailsford’s bodycam, unedited (5:02) on YouTube
On May 25, 2016, Myers ordered portions of the video released. The released video omits the shooting itself. The edited version includes footage from Brailsford’s body camera up to the time when someone exits Shaver’s hotel room and footage from another officer’s camera while he escorts a woman from the hotel. The footage shows that Shaver was on the floor as ordered and crying when he was shot five times in the back with an AR-15 rifle by Brailsford.[11][12][13][14]
The full unedited body camera footage of the shooting was unsealed by the Court immediately after the end of the trial.
Shaver’s wife and her lawyer requested that the Mesa Police Department release bodycam footage of the event.[citation needed] The request for the bodycam footage was initially refused. In a recording released by Shaver’s wife, purportedly of a meeting between her and Maricopa County prosecutors, she was told that she could watch the video only if she agreed not to discuss its contents with the press.[2] Prosecutors and defense attorneys in Brailsford’s murder trial asked that the bodycam footage be sealed. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers granted the motion to seal the footage.[10]
This.What the hell? I still haven't seen if the vid was played for the jury. I can't possibly think of any reason for it not to have been. It's freaking body-cam footage from the event. I do not see how it could possibly not be admissible.
The footage shows that Shaver was on the floor as ordered and crying when he was shot five times in the back with an AR-15 rifle by Brailsford.[11][12][13][14]
When he was murdered by the state. It is stuff like this that is causing a lot of people to give credence to claims against police that would not otherwise be considered credible.
Then why in the world have body cam footage? I bet they would have showed the footage to the jury if they found pot or a weapon? Note to me: if I am ever a juror and find out there is footage that they won’t show me... vote innocent. The unsealing of the material after the trial is a complete travesty IMHO.